Window attachment.



s. WBINSTEIN. WINDOW ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 23,1910.

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S. WEINSTEIN. WINDOW ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED DB0. 2a, 1910.

Patented Mar.14,1911.

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SAUL WEINSTEIN, 0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

WINDOW ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled December 23, 1910.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

Serial No. 598,902.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAUL VVmNsrEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, Passaic county, and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improved llfindow Attachment; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suoli as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide, in a simple, compact and inexpensive and durable structure, an attachment for windows of such nature that it may either be used, the window being open, as a rest or support for a. person leaning out or, the window being closed, to impart an ornamental finish to the interior of an apartment at and below the window.

The invention is found fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is an inside view of a window provided with the attachment; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of what is shown in Fig. 1, on a larger scale; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. Q excepting that the position of the parts is changed; Fig. 4 is a rear view of the attachment; and, Fig. 5 is a view in elevation (the upholstery being removed) of that portion of the device which adjoins its locking means.

a designates a plate or board having holes o adapted to receive screws or the like c for securing it to the frame al of a window below its sill o. To the front of this plate are secured the pair of guides f in which slides vertically a folding frame constructed substantially as follows: g g are upper T-shaped bars and 71, z. lower inverted T-shaped bars pivotally connected with each other by the joints z' i. A strip rigidly connects the T- shaped or lower end of the bars t L, while the plate Ze rigidly connects the upper or T- shaped portions of the bars g g, occupying a plane at right angles to that occupied by the bars g g. At the joints z' the bars g and /L are formed with stops Z allowing the upper or swinging part of the frame to swing outwardly, but not inwardly. Springs m connect the lower part of the frame with the plate c, acting normally to elevate the frame.

In the plate /c are arranged latches n sliding in lines at right angles to the plane of the bars g of the frame, said latches being pressed inwardly by springs 0 interposed between enlarged portions of the latches and guides p therefor. In one position of the parts, the plate c lies flat upon the sill c, and in this position the latches n have their inner ends received by the openings g'of the keepers 7' which are set vertically in the inner faces of the sill. In this position of thev parts, the springs???l are under tension. Upon releasing the latches, by pushing outwardly on their upwardly projecting handles or knobs S, the frame will be permitted to rise under the tension of the springs, whereupon the upper partof the frame may be folded outwardly so that one edge of the plate 7c may rest upon the sill, as shownin Fig. 3. Of course, in order to return the parts to their original position, the upper member of theframe is first swunginto the dotted line position in Fig. 3, whereupon the frame is depressed until the latches engage the keepers to hold the frame down.

The upper ends of the keepers 7- project above the surface of the sill, and as it is preferable to place the keepers opposite the members o g' ofthe frame so as to protect the sill against wear, the inner edge of the plate 7c, immediately back of each bar g, is provided with a recess :f5 which receives the upper end of the keeper when the plate 7c is pressed down flat against the sill.

Secured to what forms the inner edge of the plate 7o when the same is in the position shown in Fig. 2 is an arched transversely corrugated plate of metal u which depends from the plate 7c. Plates c and u form rests., according asthe parts occupy the position shown in Fig. 2 or that shown in Fig, 3. They are preferably upholstered in any suitable manner, as by a suitable filling of cushioning material o and a cover fw of leather or any suitable fabric. The cover is preferably extended, as at az, so that when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2 it will add somewhat to the ornamented effect imparted to the window by my attachment and serve to shut out drafts.

The knobs s of the latches project through holes y in the cover w, the flexibility of which will be suilicient to allow the necessary movements of the latches.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as neW and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination of a support having a top supporting surface, and a folding strueture guided in said support for movement in a `vertical plane adjoining one edge of said surface and comprising upper and lower members pivot-ally connected together, the axis ot' their pivotal connection being horizontal. and two rest means carried by the upper member of said structure, one oi' said rest means being arrai'iged in a plane parallel with that of said upper member and the other in a plane substantially at a right angle to that of said upper member and on the side of the latter adjoining the support, said top surface of the support extending as far from said Vertical plane as the second rest means is disposed from said axis and said second rest means being adapted to rest edgewise on said surface in the raised position of said structure, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a support having a. top supporting surface, a folding structure guided in said support for movement in a. vertical plane adjoining one edge of said 1 surface and comprising upper and lower members pivotally connected together, the axis of their pivotal connection being horizontal and two rest means carried by the upper member of said structure, one of said rest means being arranged in a plane parallel with that of said upper meniber and the other in a. plane substantially at a right SAUL IVEINSTEIN,

l'Vitnesses JOHN W'. STEWARD, MATTHEW VEINSTEIN.

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